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WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Westminster. He had already proved himself the decided and humane friend of
the inferior clergy, and the same spirit accompanied him to the collegiate church
over which he was now appointed to preside. His earliest attention was given to
the state of its minor canons and subordinate officers, which was greatly improved
by his just and liberal regard to their comforts*. In the year 1802, he was
translated to the bishopric of St. Asaph, on the death of the Honourable Dr.
Bagot; and died at Brighthelmstone, in the county of Sussex, October 4, 1806. His
remains were deposited in the church and near the altar of St. Ma^ Newington,
* On bis removal to tlie see of St. Asaph, the clergy and gentlemen of the choir of Westminster
Abbey, presented to his lordship the following address:—
My Lord,
We the precentor, minor canons, and lay clerks, of this collegiate church, im-
pressed with a deep sense of gratitude to your lordship for the many obligations which we owe to
your paternal concern for our welfare and interest, from the time of your lordship's coining to preside
over us, down to the present period; and for the ready and kind attention which, in our different appli-
cations to your lordship, for the advantage and comfort of ourselves and families, we have always expe-
rienced; are prompted, no less by duty than inclination, to express our feelings to your lordship: and
when we consider that we are about to lose a dean, who began his residence among us by augmenting
our comforts, and continued to enlarge them, by granting additional benefits; however we, in com-
mon with the rest of mankind, may rejoice, that great learning and piety are distinguished by suitable
rewards, yet, in the present instance, we cannot but lament the loss we shall sustain by your lordship's
removal.
.Accept, my lord, our warmest thanks for the many favours you have conferred upon us, and per-
mit us to assure your lordship, that the recollection of them will be ever accompanied with sentiments
of the most respectful esteem and affection for you. May the evening of your life be rendered happy
in the possession of every temporal and spiritual blessing; and as the morning and noon have been
spent in the cause of learning and religion, so will your day close, brightened witli this assurance,
that, in your lordship, the Church of England has long beheld a most able and zealous defender of
her holy faith, and a firm and vigilant guardian of her constitution.
Signed, in the name of the Body, by The Precentor.
Westminster. He had already proved himself the decided and humane friend of
the inferior clergy, and the same spirit accompanied him to the collegiate church
over which he was now appointed to preside. His earliest attention was given to
the state of its minor canons and subordinate officers, which was greatly improved
by his just and liberal regard to their comforts*. In the year 1802, he was
translated to the bishopric of St. Asaph, on the death of the Honourable Dr.
Bagot; and died at Brighthelmstone, in the county of Sussex, October 4, 1806. His
remains were deposited in the church and near the altar of St. Ma^ Newington,
* On bis removal to tlie see of St. Asaph, the clergy and gentlemen of the choir of Westminster
Abbey, presented to his lordship the following address:—
My Lord,
We the precentor, minor canons, and lay clerks, of this collegiate church, im-
pressed with a deep sense of gratitude to your lordship for the many obligations which we owe to
your paternal concern for our welfare and interest, from the time of your lordship's coining to preside
over us, down to the present period; and for the ready and kind attention which, in our different appli-
cations to your lordship, for the advantage and comfort of ourselves and families, we have always expe-
rienced; are prompted, no less by duty than inclination, to express our feelings to your lordship: and
when we consider that we are about to lose a dean, who began his residence among us by augmenting
our comforts, and continued to enlarge them, by granting additional benefits; however we, in com-
mon with the rest of mankind, may rejoice, that great learning and piety are distinguished by suitable
rewards, yet, in the present instance, we cannot but lament the loss we shall sustain by your lordship's
removal.
.Accept, my lord, our warmest thanks for the many favours you have conferred upon us, and per-
mit us to assure your lordship, that the recollection of them will be ever accompanied with sentiments
of the most respectful esteem and affection for you. May the evening of your life be rendered happy
in the possession of every temporal and spiritual blessing; and as the morning and noon have been
spent in the cause of learning and religion, so will your day close, brightened witli this assurance,
that, in your lordship, the Church of England has long beheld a most able and zealous defender of
her holy faith, and a firm and vigilant guardian of her constitution.
Signed, in the name of the Body, by The Precentor.